"Then do you like Zheng Huayu?!" Alvin approached her with some anger, "That’s not a valid reason to reject me."

"I..." Nangong Lin was on the verge of going crazy, "I like him just in the way a sister does, not in a romantic sense, calling him ’husband’ is just for fun, do you understand?"

"I don’t understand!" Alvin continued to approach her, "That night you were drunk, you kissed me, and then you called me Huayu ’husband’!"

Nangong Lin was shocked, damn, could there really be such a blunder?

Alvin felt a twinge in his heart, why, why did women he felt for never like him?

Where exactly was the problem?

"No, no, no." Nangong Lin hurriedly explained, "You misunderstood, it must have been a slip of the tongue, I definitely don’t like Zheng Huayu that way, I was just drunk and my mind was unclear. But now I’m very clear, Alvin, we are not suitable for each other. I don’t care what your intentions are, whether you genuinely like me or are just teasing, there’s no possibility for us."

"Why?" Alvin asked, with an unprecedented seriousness in his eyes.

"Are you dumb?" Nangong Lin glared at him, "First, I’m older than you, which is not suitable, and then, it’s well known that you liked my sister before, and you even caused such a big stir for her. Now you say you like me, don’t you think it’s amazing if we end up together?"

"What’s so amazing about that?" Alvin was muddled by her words, "I did like her, I fell for her at first sight, but she didn’t like me, I confessed twice and was rejected both times, now she’s married, has a baby, and the person she loves is Di Mingchen, I’ve moved on, I sincerely wish them well, so does that mean I can’t have the right to like someone else again?"

"No, no, no, your logic is off." Nangong Lin furrowed her brow, "Wait a minute, you’re missing the point, it’s not about not being able to like others again, you can like anyone, why do you like me? We, we, we are completely illogical together!"

"I also want to know why I like you, I want to like someone who happens to like me too, but I just like you, what can I do?" Alvin had a somewhat bewildered look on his face as well.

Nangong Lin looked at him, "That’s your issue, it has nothing to do with me! Let go of me, I’m going back now."

"Moving next door to you and signing with Empire were all my mother’s idea." Alvin suddenly explained to Nangong Lin, "Because she really likes you, she wants me to pursue you, wants you to be her daughter-in-law, that’s why I moved here, not because, as you think, I’m trying to disrupt Xiaoran and Di Mingchen by signing and moving here."

Nangong Lin frowned even tighter, unable to stop herself from saying, "So what you’re saying now is that liking me is really your mother’s idea?"

Alvin suddenly didn’t know what to say.

"No." Alvin finally answered, "I’m explaining why I live here, why I signed with Empire, those are my mother’s ideas, but who I like isn’t something she can control, nor can I. Nangong Lin, let me ask you one thing, do you like me? Or would you be willing to try dating me?"

Alvin’s words were too straightforward, or rather this wasn’t the typical way Empire people express emotions, suddenly saying everything so clearly.